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Legal Alert - July 2022 (UBO)
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Amendment to the Act on Beneficial Owners Register
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Reasons for the amendment
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Changes adopted by the Amendment
AmCham energy intel sessions: Companies and individuals are finding ways to conserve without disrupting the economy
Europe took the path of least resistance for three decades after the fall of the Soviety Union, and now depends greatly on that energy supply. This fall and winter will be a test of each European's conviction in individual freedom and European democracy.
E15: Digitization of Czechia: Key public services should be completely online by 2030
Digitization is one of the main goals of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union. According to the Minister for Regional Development and Deputy Prime Minister for Digitization Ivan Bartoš (Pirates), the government has already recorded success - an agreement on the program for the digital transformation of Europe. However, according to Vice-PM Bartoš, moving forward towards digitization will not occur without the business sector.
Digitization of Czechia: Government, business and academics, each has contribution to make
Digitization is part of a larger fight to maintain the progress past generations have made, and improve on it. The biggest lesson learned on July 21, 2022 at the AmCham Digitization of Czechia confernce is that when we focus on clear and common principles, we can put aside the political, commercial and academic rivalries that block us from using the technology we have today to make a better world for the next generation.
E15: Marten Kaevats: Česko musí pochopit, že digitální transformace obsahuje jen velmi málo technologií
Digital transformation has little to do with technologies. Mindset is the key - Marten Kaevats, former Estonia's advisor explains in an interview for E15 daily (in Czech) ahead of the AmCham Czech Republic Digitization of Czechia conference in Prague.
Strategic Directions for Czech Economic Policy
- Transition to High-Tech Manufacturing and Exports
- The City Campus as Idea Factory
- Government Programs and Processes That Drive Innovation
- Government as a Competitive Advantage, including Digitization
Advocacy Priorities for 2023
Technology, People, Infrastructure
Actions Recommended in Areas:
1. Establishing Policy Objectives for Research.
2. Research Investment and Cooperation. Big Bets (Key Technology Projects).
3. Establishing Databases for Tracking Public Policy Outcomes.
4. Public Procurement as an Innovation Tool.
5. Immigration of STEM Talents.
6. Digitization of Immigration.
7. Adult Reskilling and Upskilling.
8. Digitization of Land Use.
9. Infrastructure Development, including Technology Parks.
Read the documents in English and Czech.
Policy pipeline
In Policy Pipeline policy developments in the Czech Republic and abroad are monitored to bring better understanding of current topics and trends.